Amateur Boxing


Amateur Boxing Weight Class[1]

Class Name Men Weight (kg) Women Weight (kg) Juniors Weight (kg)
Super heavyweight > 91 - -
Heavyweight 81-91 > 81 > 80
Light heavyweight 75-81 75-81 75-80
Middleweight 69-75 69-75 70-75
Light Middleweight - - 66-70
Welterweight 64-69 64-69 63-66
Light welterweight 60-64 60-64 60-63
Lightweight 56–60 57–60 57–60
Featherweight - 54–57 54–57
Bantamweight 52–56 51–54 52–56
Light bantamweight - - 50–52
Flyweight 49–52 48–51 48–50
Light flyweight 46–49 45-48 46-48
Pinweight - - 44–46

Conpetition Rules

Less than 64kg (< 141lbs) - 10oz gloves

64kg and above (>= 141lbs) - 12oz gloves

3 rounds of three minutes in men, 4 rounds of two minutes in women. And a 1-minute interval between rounds.


Read more on England Boxing: England Boxing Rule Book - 2019 Edition

Professional Boxing


Pro Boxing Weigh Class[2]

Division/Class Stone kg Pounds
Heavyweight > 16 lbs > 101.6 kg > 224 lbs
Bridgerweight 16 lbs 101.6 kg 224 lbs
Cruiserweight
Jr Heavyweight
14 st 4 lbs 90,892 kg 200 lbs
Light Heavyweight 12½ st 79,378 kg 175 lbs
Super Middleweight 12 st 76,203 kg 168 lbs
Middleweight 11 st 6 lbs 72,574 kg 160 lbs
Super Welterweight
Jr Middleweight
11 st 69,85 kg 154 lbs
Welterweight 10½ st 66,678 kg 147 lbs
Super Lightweight
Jr Welterweight
10 st 63,503 kg 140 lbs
Lightweight 9 st 9 lbs 61,235 kg 135 lbs
Super Featherweight
Jr Lightweight
9 st 4 lbs 58,967 kg 130 lbs
Featherweight 9 st 57,153 kg 126 lbs
Super Bantamweight
Jr Featherweight
8 st 10 lbs 55,225 kg 122 lbs
Bantamweight 8 st 6 lbs 53,525 kg 118 lbs
Super Flyweight
Jr Bantamweight
8 st 3 lbs 52,163 kg 115 lbs
Flyweight (All four) 8 st 50,802 kg 112 lbs
Light Flyweight
Junior Flyweight
7st 10 lbs 48,988 kg 108 lbs
Minimumweight (WBC/WBA/IBF)
Mini Flyweight (WBO)
7½ st 47,627 kg 105 lbs

Competition Rules

Welterweight 147lbs and below - 8oz gloves

Super Welterweight 154lbs and above - 10oz gloves

How many rounds are there in a boxing fight? 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 rounds.

Men: 3 minutes per round, Women: 2 minutes per round. And a 1-minute interval between rounds.


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